Metal sheet-piling.



N0. 818,32'7. PATENTED APR. 17, 1906. J. R. WILLIAMS.

METAL SHEET FILING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.15, 100s.

I/Vi l'mconco uNin earns ATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April. 17, 190

" Application filed January 15,1906. Serial No. 296,015.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, JOHN R. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and 'useful Improvements inMetalSheet-Piling,

of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in metal sheet-piling; and itconsists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to produce a metal sheet-piling ofsuperior character and comprised of sections of novel form andconstruction, ada ting them for all the uses to which metal s eet-pilingmay be ut.

Among the specific objects attained by my invention in its preferredembodiment it may be mentioned generally that the units or sections ofmy piling are strong, durable, and easily rolled, that the sections areformed integrally with means whereby the sections may be lockedtogether, thus dispensing with separate locking-flanges and the likeriveted to the sections, that the sections are all alike in form andconstruction, and that a wall of piling formed of the interlockedsections presents on one side a uniform surface.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a top edge view of a metal sheetpiling comprisingsections embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a face view, partly brokenaway, of same. Fig. 3 is a detached top edge view of one or the sectionsof the piling. Fig. ft is a top edge view of a modified form of pilmgembodying my invention. Fig. 5 is a detached top edge view of one of thesections of the piling shoun in Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is a top edge view ofa further modified form of piling embodying some of the features of myinvention.

In the drawings, referring to Figs. 1, 2, and '3, theindividual sectionsof the piling are designated by the numeral 10, and these sections a1corres 0nd with one another and each is com ose of a rolled beamcomprising a web 11, aving at one edge an inward lyii iclined flange 12and at the other ed e a loop 14, which is closed at its outer em and 0on at its inner end adjacent to said web and ormed of the members 15 16the former being of.

about the thickness or the web 11 and the member 16 corresponding withthe flange 12,

but extending in a direction oppositely thereto, the flange 12 beingprojected atan angle to or in a direction from the line of the web 1 1and the flange 16 being rojected toward said line. The loop 14 inc inescorrespondingly with the flange 12 and extends beyond the adjacent edgeofthe web 11, whereby the open mouth of said loop becomes disposedadjacent to but beyond said edge of the web.

The manner of uniting the sections 10 is illustrated in Fig. 1, in whichit will be seen that the loop 14 of one section engages the flange 12 ofthe next adjacent section and that the webs 11 of all the sections arein a straight line with one another, presentinga uniform surface alongone side of the piling, which is a very des1rable feature in someclasses of work. The flanges 12 and loops 14 are correspondinglyinclined, so that when the sections 10 are united said flanges and loopsmay cooperate as hooks to resist any strains tending to separate thesections.

The formation of the flanges 12 and loops 14 is such that when theflanges are in the loops the sections become locked together, and as maybe seen the sections 10 are each in the form of a rivetless singleintegral piece of metal.

The modification represented in Fig. 4 consists in inclining the Web 11and extending the flange 12 from one side of said web and the loop 14from the opposite side thereof. thereby forming, in effect, a corrugatedsingle wall piling, one section of which is shown in Fig. 5.

In Fig. 6 I show the sections 10 as made from plate in lieu of being ofthe rolled-beam order illustrated in Fig. 1. shown in Fig. 6 imitate asnearly as may be in plate the sections represented in Fig. 1, theinclined flange 12 and loop 14 of each section being extended from thesame side of the web 11 and the webs of all the sections being in astraight line. The rolledbeam sections shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive,are preferable to the plate-sections represented in Fig. 6,by reason oftheir greater strength and the fact that the flange 12 and member 16thereof are thicker than the web 11 and afford adequate resistingmembers and also suitable end surfaces to receive theforce necessary fordrivin the sections.

I ca 1 attention to the fact that the flanges 12 and loops 14 are soshaped that said flanges The sections .al1l10li be pushed from the loopswhich receivethem by pressure aiplied against the face of the sectionsin a direction tending to separate the sections, and the preferred shapefor said flanges and loops is that shown in the drawings, in which itmay be seen that the outer portions of said loops and flanges are set anangle to or inclined from the inner portions thereof.

While I prefer that each beam or section of the piling have at the sideof one edge a loop 14 and at the side of the other edge a flange 12, sothat all the sections may correspond with one another, it is obviousthat with less convenience my invention may be realized by having eachalternate sect-ion formed with the loops 14 at the side of both edgesand the intermediate sections formed with the flanges 12 at the side ofboth edges to enter and pass into locking relation with said loops. In

this modified arrangement there would be no change in the character ofthe loops and flanges; but the sections would be of two classes, onecarrying the flanges at the side of each edge and the other the loops atthe side of each edge.

What I clainl as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. A metal sheet-piling composed of interlocked sections each being inone integral piece of metal comprising a web, a flange pro- 'ected fromthe side of one edge thereof and a loop projected from the side of theother edge thereof, said loop be ng closed at its outer end and open atits inner end adjacent to the adjoining edge of the web, and saidflanges and loops on said sections being of a formation adapt-ing themto interlock one upon the other, whereby they resist any pressureappliedagainst the face of the sections tending to separate the same;substantially as set forth.

2. A metal sheet-piling composed of interlocked sections each rpmprisingintegrally a web, a flange nojeried from the side of one edge tl'iereofand a loop projected from the side of the otlmr edge thereof, said loopbeii'ig closed at its outer end and open at its inner end adjacent tothe adjoining edge of the web, said flange being inclined inwardly fromits edge of the section and said loop be ing corresponilingly inclinedoutwardly from its edge of the section; substantially as set forth.

A metal sheet-piling composed. of inter locked sections each being inone integral pieceiif metalccm :rising a web, a flange pro jectcd fromthe side of one edge thereof and a loop project ed fri an the same sideof the other edge thereof, said loop being closed at its outer end andopen. at its inner end adjacent to the adjoining -'-'-dge of the web,and said flanges and loops nu said sections being of a r matron arla'itmz; them to interlock one upon the other, winireliiy they resist anypreseras-a7 sure applied against the face of the sections tending toseparate the same; substantially as set forth.

4. A metal sheet-piling composed of interlocked sections each comprisingintegrally a web, a flange projected from the side of one edge thereof,and a loop projected from the same side of the other edge thereof, saidloop being closed at its outer end and open at its inner end adjacent tothe adjoining edge of the web, said flange from its edge of the sectionand said loop heing correspondingly inclined outwardly from its edge ofthe section; substantially as set forth.

' 5. A metal sheet-piling composed of inter,

- locked sections each being in one integral piece .to separate thesame, and said flange and the outer member of said loop of each sectionbeing thicker than the web of the section; substantially as set forth.

6. A metal sheet-piling composed of interlocked sections each being inone integral piece of metal comprisin a web, a flange .projected fromthe side 0 one edge thereof and a loop projected from the same side ofthe other edge thereof, said loop being closed at its outer end and openat its inner end adjacent to the adjoining edge of the web, and saidflanges and loops on said sections being of a formation adapting them tointerlock one upon the other, whereby they resist any pressure appliedagainst the face of the sections tending to separate the same, and saidflange and the outer member of said loop of each section being thickerthan the web of the section; substantially as set forth.

7 A metal sheet-piling composed of inter locking sections eachcomprising integrally a web, a flange projected from the side ofo'needge thereof, and a loop projected from the side of the other edgethereof, said loop being closed at its outer end and open at its imierend, and the outer portions of said flange and loop being set at anangle to the inner portions thereof; substantially as set forth.

8. A metal sheet-piling composed of interlocked. sections each being inone integral piece of metal and said sections respectively having attheir adjoining edges a loop and a flange projected from the side of theedge of the sections and adapted to interlock one within the other,whereby they resist any pressure applied against the face of thesections tending to separate the same, saidloop being inclinedinwardlybeing closed at its outer end and open at, its inner endadjacent to the adjoining edge of the Web; substantially as set forth.

9. A metal sheet-piling'composed of integral interlocking beam-sectionsat Whose adjoining edges said sections are respectively formed with aloop and a flange projected from the side of the sections and adapted toengage each other, said loop beinginclined outwardly and closed at itsouter end and open at its inner end adjacent to the adjoining edge ofthe Web, and said flange being correspondinglyinclined inwardly;substantially as set forth.

10. A metal sheet pih'ng composed of integral interlocking beam-sectionsat whose ad joining edges said sections are respectively formed with aloop and a flan e projected from the side of the sections an adapted toengage each other, said loop being closed at its outer end and open atits inner end adjacent to the adjoining edge of the Web, and the outerportions of said loop and flange being set at an angle to the innerportions thereof; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of NewYork, this 13th day of January, AD. 1906. j I JOHN R. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. GILL, ARTHUR MARION.

